The Narratological Analysis of Lyric Poetry: Studies in English Poetry from the 16th to the 20th Century

by Jens Kiefer and Peter Hühn

This study offers a fresh approach to the theory and practice of poetry criticism from a narratological perspective. Arguing that lyric poems share basic constituents of narration with prose fiction, namely temporal sequentiality of events and verbal mediation, the authors propose the transgeneric application of narratology to the poetic genre with the aim of utilizing the sophisticated framework of narratological categories for a more precise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110184079
• ISBN13: 9783110184075
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary